To form a Student Branch Affinity Group, complete the Student Branch Affinity Group petition form and submit it to IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA). The faculty advisor is no longer required to be a IEEE WIE member but must be an IEEE member (of Member Grade or higher).

The IEEE MGA Operations Manual (PDF, 407 KB) contains information on procedures for running Affinity Groups. Student Branch Affinity Groups should review Sections 9.10, Student Branch Affinity Groups, and 9.8 Student Branch Chapters, and further discuss the formalities for reporting with their Student Branch as they may have their own additional procedures for reporting.

The IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) encourages development of local activities that are of educational and professional value to IEEE members and that increase the visibility of the IEEE WIE Affinity Group. To assist IEEE WIE Affinity Groups, the IEEE WIEC has a limited amount of funding available to support such activities.

Newly established IEEE WIE Affinity Groups are eligible to request up to US$200 in start-up funding the first year they have been established.

Established IEEE WIE Affinity Groups are eligible to request up to US$300 for special projects. Such requests must be submitted at least three months prior to the activity. The IEEE WIEC will review the request at their next scheduled meeting. The IEEE WIE Affinity Group will be advised if the request has been approved. The IEEE WIEC may consider funding beyond US$300 if a project is considered especially valuable to the IEEE WIE mission.

The current IEEE WIE Newsletter is is sent out on a monthly basis. Past WIE Newsletters are available to WIE members only. Email women@ieee.org to request past issues.

If you are an IEEE WIE Member, the IEEE WIE Newsletter will be sent to the e-mail address you have on file with IEEE. If you are an IEEE WIE Member and have not received the IEEE WIE Newsletter, please update your IEEE profile with your current information.

On the form, please complete all required fields (remember to be very specific with regard to significant performance). You can leave the nomination section blank (if you are requesting IEEE WIE’s assistance for a nomination) and this information will be completed after your information is reviewed by the IEEE WIEC.

Also, on this form you can add your two additional references. If you need IEEE WIE’s assistance for references please leave this section blank and WIE will assist with finding references for you.

The IEEE Annual Statistics contain membership statistics. To view this information, you must be an IEEE member in good standing. Specific WIE statistics available in this report are “IEEE Women Members by Grade” and “IEEE Women Members by Region by Grade”.

If you need additional membership data, each Section has a designated SAMIEEE recipient that has access to the SAMIEEE database (access is given to a defined list of current Volunteers based on the office they hold).